Dodgers edge Rockies

May 13, 2012 - 4:30 AM
Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Tony Gwynn Jr. knocked in the go-ahead run
with a pinch-hit single in the bottom of the eighth inning and the Los Angeles
Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies, 2-1, on Saturday.

Aaron Harang (2-2) got the win over Rockies starter Juan Nicasio, giving up a
run on four hits and two walks with two strikeouts in eight innings.

Kenley Jansen struck out one in a perfect ninth inning to wrap up the win, the
Dodgers' fourth in their last five games. They won the opener of this three-
game series 7-3 on Friday.

Tyler Colvin homered in the seventh to tie the game, but the Rockies lost for
the seventh time in eight games.

Nicasio struck out nine in seven innings and gave up just one run on five hits
with no walks in a no decision.

"He pounded the strike zone with his fastball and between the slider and the
changeup, he had enough to keep them at bay the entire time he was out there,"
said Rockies manager Jim Tracy.

James Loney scored the go-ahead run after leading off the ninth with a single
against Josh Outman (0-1), then going to second on A.J. Ellis' sacrifice bunt
off Matt Belisle.

Gwynn hit a soft liner into left-center field on an 0-2 pitch from Belisle to
drive him in.

The Dodgers moved to 4-1 on an eight-game homestand, while the Rockies fell to
1-4 on an eight-game road trip.

Harang escaped a bases-loaded jam in the third when he got Troy Tulowitzki out
on a 91 mph fastball. Wilin Rosario had doubled to lead off the inning and was
later thrown out at home on a fielder's choice.

Later, Carlos Gonzalez was intentionally walked to load the bases for
Tulowitzki, who flied out to center field.

"It was a good pitch that he couldn't drive," Harang said. "It was a fastball
down and away."

Nicasio faced the minimum through four innings, but the Dodgers got to him in
the fifth to break a scoreless tie. Andre Ethier doubled leading off and came
around on Juan Uribe's one-out flare to center field.

Colvin's third homer of the season tied the game in the seventh. The two-out
blast was roped into the right field seats on a 2-0 pitch.

Game Notes

Colorado was 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position and stranded four on
base...It was the second time this season that Harang and Nicasio faced each
other. Nicasio and the Rockies beat Harang at home on April 30...Gwynn is 4-
for-9 (.444) as a pinch-hitter.

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Pinch-Hitter Tony Gwynn Jr. single to left scored James Loney with one out. Runner on second and Dee Gordon due up.